Ordering "A Beer"

[downtown]

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On TV all the time you hear people sit at the bar and ask for "a beer". This is ludacris, as myself, and anyone I've ever seen in bars, clubs, restaurants, etc orders "a newcastle" "a corona" "a bud light" and so forth.

However, in casinos, when playing poker, I often notice a player just ask for "a beer". I know of no other setting where people ask for "a beer" without specifiying a brand.

Does anyone else notice this?

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I think asking for "a beer" might also be sort of a relic from the past, as well. I was talking to a American beer company exec, and he said that thye still pay for tap placement on the end of the row of taps for when patrons just ask for "a beer."